The establishment of a chair at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in honor of the 70th birthday of Dr. Israel Goldstein, world chairman of the Keren Hayesod-United Israel Appeal, was announced today by the American Friends of the Hebrew University. The chair, which will be named for Dr. Goldstein, will be devoted to the history of the development of the State of Israel.
Dr. Goldstein was honored at services yesterday at Congregation B’nai Jeshurun here, where he served as spiritual leader for 42 years and where he returns every year from his home in Jerusalem to address the congregation during the High Holy Days as rabbi emeritus. More than 1,000 worshipers turned out at the services marking Dr. Goldstein’s birthday.
Among those who paid tribute to Dr. Goldstein for his decades of service to world Jewry and Israel were Rabbi Louis Finkelstein, chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America; David Sarnoff, chairman of the board of the Radio Corporation of America; Rabbi William Berkowitz, spiritual leader of the congregation; and Charles H. Silver, former head of the New York City Board of Education and president of the congregation since 1957. President Johnson sent Dr. Goldstein a congratulatory message wishing him added years of “generous service to others.”
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